dead branch looks like a waterbird
hope it lived upon release
pursuit 1
lovely yawl headed upriver
Woke up at six a.m., which was really 7 on my biological clock. Had 5 hours to kill, so grabbed a paddle and took a few casts with an ultra-light rod and a green paddletail on. No dice until I was almost back to the club, and I got a big strike, which I missed and then a few seconds later, FISH-ON. Nice 22 inch pickerel which, after a tussle, I released and hope the poor guy survived. He was loggish but remained dorsal fin up at the surface for a few minutes. I did fish CPR on him and that revived him enough to finally submerge and sound. Poor thing.
Then the MRSA pursuit race on Inc. Always a blast to sail with these folks and it's nice to have the rest of the fleet behind you as you approah the finish of a pursuti race. And it was actually hot downwind on November 6th!